Indigenous peoples embody deep-rooted and intimate knowledges of their universes through which they can identify and detect the smallest shifts in weather patterns, animal and plant diversity and behaviors. Indigenous peoples can ascribe causes and ways to adapt to or mitigate these shifts, while weaving them into their narratives and folklore preserving and continuing the knowledge acquired across generations.IPCC has a considerable influence and impact in the knowledge production and shaping of the public discourse around climate change. It has acknowledged the importance and role of indigenous and local knowledges in adaption to climate change. This thesis looks at how the indigenous knowledges and peoples are positioned within the climate science discourse. This is done by carrying out a discourse analysis of the entire body of reports published by IPCC during their sixth assessment cycle. Discourse analysis provides a way to establish a deeper understanding of how indigenous knowledges and peoples are ‘framed’ within the climate science discourse of the IPCC. Further, this work delves into how the existing power relations influence the construction of meanings with respect to the indigenous and local knowledges within these narratives.Keywords: indigenous peoples, indigenous knowledges, IPCC, climate change, discourse analysis